#EBCD51#EBCD51

#EBCD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCD51
RGB	rgb(235, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -3.10, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 63.48, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0138 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5802, 61.9218, 16.7022)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCD51 #516FEB

analogous

#EB8051 #EBCD51 #BCEB51

triadic

#EBCD51 #51EBCD #CD51EB

tetradic

#EBCD51 #51EB80 #516FEB #EB51BC

square

#EBCD51 #51EB80 #516FEB #EB51BC

split-complementary

#EBCD51 #51BCEB #8051EB

monochromatic

#AE9014 #E5BD1A #EBCD51 #F1DD88 #F8EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EBCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#EBCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCD51

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCD51	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db87',
    500: '#ebcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcd51;
$custom-light: #f5db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85134,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCD51

secondary

#324AAE

accent

#33DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCD51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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